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Comment by ED209

Pride. It is the most insidious of sha. It is good until it is bad. And then it is more dangerous than all the others combined.

The much speculated seventh Sha is not the Sha of Happiness as most have thought, but Pride. The large aspects of the Sha race represent the emotions that Emperor Shaohao purged in order to seal off Pandaria from the rest of the world.The other 'main' manifestations (and their locations) are:Sha of Anger, Kun-Lai Summit.Sha of Despair, Temple of the Red Crane in Krasarang Wilds.Sha of Doubt, Temple of the Jade Serpent in the Jade Forest.Sha of Fear, Terrace of Endless Spring in the Veiled Stair.Sha of Hatred, Sik'vess Lair in Townlong Steppes.Sha of Violence, Shado-Pan Monastery in Kun-Lai Summit.

During the Escalation questline, Path of the Last Emperor reveals the last emotion Shaohao clung to was pride.As Garrosh's devastation broke beneath the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, the Sha of Pride was unleashed upon the world, and will be confronted by players who venture underground in the upcoming Siege of Orgrimmar raid.

Comment by Deirhese

Comment by ghp0518

Caution!If Bursting Pride hits 2 or more same sex players it will cause them to be afflicted with Gay Pride , causing them to lose their armor and get either a leather straps outfit or one with feathers and a string in their ass. Afflicted players will also start to be obnoxious making nearby players who are faced towards them to violently vomit.

Comment by Skeksil

The smartest, prettiest, strongest, sexiest, funniest, and most humble of the sha.

Comment by Stabhorn

The Sha of Pride used Emperor Shaohao's pride to engulf Pandaria in a magical mist; obscuring it from the rest of Azeroth. The Sha of Pride then evaded capture for 10,000 years, feeding off of the prideful Pandaren. Now, as the Mists of Pandaria have parted, the Sha of Pride is enjoying its biggest buffet yet; Warchief Garrosh and his Kor'kron. Plunging the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, a symbol of hope and victory, into a Vale of Eternal Sorrows, the Sha of Pride waits in the Vault of Y'Shaarj, feeding and growing ever stronger...

Comment by MABGamer6407

Comment by eliryn

Interestingly, Gorehowl can be found lodged in the floor behind this Sha.

Comment by quizzlefix

The Sha of Pride is the 4th encounter in the Siege of Orgrimmar raid, and the final boss of the first wing of Flex/LFR. There are a number of mechanics, but they are not very difficult and mostly just require prompt reactions.

In brief:

- manage your Pride, trying to keep it as low as possible- every 60 seconds the boss casts Swelling Pride which causes a special effect on each player based on their current level of pride:

0-24: no effect

25-49: Bursting Pride, a large void zone at the player's location which explodes after 3 seconds, dealing damage and increasing pride. Easily dealt with by spreading out to /range 5 beforehand and then moving as necessary

50-74: Projection, a projection of the player spawns 15 yards away, and will explode after 8 seconds, dealing damage if the player is not standing on it. Indicated by a green arrow, the player must simply move to it and stay there until it disappears

75-99: Aura of Pride, dealing damage in a 5 yard aoe to all allies. Affected players simply have to spread out (which they should already have done)

100: players gain Overcome as soon as they hit 100 pride, increasing their damage/healing by 50% but the next Swelling Pride cast will leave them permanently mind-controlled, something that should probably be avoided

- tanks must swap immediately when the current tank receives the Wounded Pride debuff, this is very important in order to keep the tanks' pride low.- Self-Reflection is periodically cast on players, who have to move out of the zones as 2 seconds later adds will spawn, dealing damage and increasing pride. The adds (Reflection) should be killed quickly via aoe damage, but don't necessarily need to be tanked. - at 30%, all Pride is reset and the boss gains Unleashed, meaning it must die as quickly as possible (use bloodlust/heroism at this point) - don't ignore the other mechanics- Manifestation of Pride will spawn at the back of the room, and DPS should kill these quickly, using interrupts and stuns where possible (with good stun usage, they don't dish out any damage so don't need to be tanked). When they die, the 2 closest players will receive 5 pride so where possible this should be soaked by low-pride players.- periodically the boss will cast Corrupted Prison on 2 (10-man) to 4 players (25-man), these players must be released as soon as possible (otherwise they will die) by having two players simultaneously step onto two yellow plates around each the activated prison. Avoid standing on the prisons themselves.- Mark of Arrogance is a damage-over-time debuff cast on random players. Dispelling this raises the dispeller's pride by 5, so should only be dispelled by the healer who currently has Gift of the Titans, which grants temporary immunity to pride. Gift of the Titans will also increase damage if all recipients are in close proximity, but since the majority of the fight involves dps/healers stacking, this shouldn't require special positioning.

10 man flex strategy:

- tank boss near the entrance, dps and healers clump behind boss (for aoe healing)- current offtank to taunt immediately once Wounded Pride is cast- everyone should spread out as soon as Swelling Pride is cast, and deal with the mechanics- dps swap to large adds (Manifestation of Pride) immediately and stun/interrupt them- tanks can unlock the prison at the front of the room (current tank steps on plate closest to the boss to prevent Reaching Attack), assign 3-4 players to do prison at back of room (2 + backups in case one member gets imprisoned). For our 10-man flex kill, the same 2 prisons always activated so we positioned accordingly.- healers should only dispel if they currently have the - if your dps is good, pride management should not be a huge issue - the boss does not hit the tanks particularly hard, especially since the tanks can build up their mitigation mechanics when not tanking (e.g. Mastery: Blood Shield, Ironskin Brew), so they can feasibly tank in DPS-focussed gear if both tank and healer gear is good- at 30% use offensive and defensive cooldowns, including Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp/Ancient Hysteria

Comment by Xedosz

Sha's quotes seem specifically made for LFR.

Blame your companions!So foolish...That one is unworthy of your group.

etc.

Comment by Vythrin

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Comment by dekekun

Did this on LFR today.

Seems he doesn't cast Wounded Pride on LFR? We never had to do a tank swap.

One our second attempt as the offtank I went DPS instead, but this then meant I got thrown in the sacrifice altar, and there was no-one else other than the MT to bail me out, which ended badly.

So as best I can tell, the offtank has to sit in tank spec, but not do any actual tanking. Unless I missed something?

Comment by MrTruthSayer

Comment by Zyland

Sha of Pride LFR Guide

Backstory: To much detail to go through in my supposed to be quick, but is actually excessively long guide. All you need to know is that this is the Final sha that represents one of the seven deadly sins.Phases: There are two phases in this fight, the second of which will occur at 30%.

Special Note: This boss has many little mechanics that I won't split into role specific sections, but I will simplify them below the role specific sections for you. Please take the time to read these as it can greatly increase your chance of success.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tanks: Tank the Boss. Taunt off of the other tank at one stack, if you don't, they will gain pride for every hit they have the debuff. Apparently, no tank swap is needed in LFR. Pick up little adds, even if you have the boss, better you than a healer, right?

Please note, you should be tanking the boss so that you can step into the nearest prison lock to the center. See below for a better description of the prisons.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DPS: You will most likely be stacked on the group at a specified point that I cannot predict. Your main priority is the boss, but it's also important to fulfill the rest of the mechanics as well. I'll list them in order of my of importance, obviously this is my personal opinion.

Prisons (try to DPS even while moving to these)

Big Add -Murder and Interrupt

Moving from AoEs (DPS while moving)

Boss (DPS while DPSing)

Little Adds (Cleave)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Healers: I never thought I'd see the day, but I actually have a real tip for you that's not "Heal people!"

Over the course of the fight people will be debuffed with magic effect. This magic effect wil ldeal damage to the target and stacks. The gimmick is that every time you dispel an effect, you gain 5 pride.This doesn't sound liek a lot, but it adds up quick.

So how do you deal with the DoTs? Gift of the Titans my friend. This is randomly applied to around 7 people at a time during the fight and prevents you from gaining pride. It's long enough to get about 3 dispels in before you start gaining pride again, so be quick. On a side note, it's arguably better to dispel someone if they have 2 stacks, even without Gift of the Titans.(See below for more on Gift of the Titans.)

Gift of the TitansGift of the Titans has two effects, the first is that it prevents all pride gain.

The second effect is that when ALL the players with the Gift stack within 8 yards of each other, they gain a 15% haste buff. So do your best to stack, failing to do so isn't a deal breaker on success, but it's always nice. Especially on Phase 2.

Corrupted PrisonIn LFR, the Sha of Pride will trap 2 players in prisons around the room. Causing damage and pride gain per second. It's vital to release these players as soon as possible.

The prisons will always be in the same corners. South East corner, and North West corner.

The locks to release the players are the sections surrounding the prison turn orange and must be stood on to release the player. If it's orange, stand on it until there is no orange around the prison, if you move before they're free, the lock will reactivate.

Do not stand on the prison until it activates, as it will cause you damage and knock you off the lock.Special Tank Note: It's possible to tank the boss and stand on the lock nearest to the boss when it's activated, this will definitely save time if a tank is ready to stand on at least one.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Big AddOver the duration of the fight an add will spawn in the back of the room (opposite of the entrance). This should be killed and interrupted quickly.

The main source of damage in this fight will be described in this section.

Swelling pride by itself is an AoE attack that deals 200k damage to everyone and causes everyone to gain 5 pride. It is cast whenever the Sha reaches 100 energy.

Depending on YOUR personal pride, an additional effect will occur in your vicinity.

Only one effect will be cast, and will always be the highest possible effect according to your pride level.

Swelling Pride is Cast and I have...

25 Pride: A purple void zone is created that will explode in 3 seconds and a lot of damage. This void zone can and will hurt ANYONE inside them, so watch out for not only yours, but other people's as well.

50 Pride: You causes a purple swirl to spawn. This is only visible to you and has a green arrow above it. You MUST stand in it. Failure to do so will cause massive Aoe to everyone. IT will not spawn more than 15 yards away from you.

75 Pride: You gain an aura that causes players within 5 yards to take huge amounts of damage. Separate yourself from the group.

100 Pride: If the Sha casts Swelling Pride when you have 100 Pride, you will become Mind Controlled and are stuck as such for the rest of the fight.

Phase 2: 30% HealthAt 30% the boss goes to phase 2, all your pride is cleared and the boss will start to cast an Aoe for 135k every 10 seconds, causing pride gain.

All previous mechanics are still in place during this encounter except Gift of the Titans. Poor Norushen got one shot by the evil Sha of Pride.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I have Bloodlust/Heroism/Ancient Hysteria/Time Warp! When should I use it?The general consensus as far as I'm aware is that the best time to use this major haste buff is at 30%, this is the burn phase. Pride gain is increased a lot and it's best to kill the boss as soon as possible.

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Comment by McGrignr

The number of prisons that activate in Flex can vary. If you take in 10, there will be two prisons. If you take in 25, there will be four prisons. I'm unsure of the exact numbers where it changes or if there will be three in between, but you can't trust the Dungeon Journal that only has the "In 25-player mode, the Sha of Pride activates 4 prisons" text displayed for 25 normal/heroic and doesn't mention it in the entry for Flex.

Comment by Dariusdracos

I've used my coins on this guy repeatedly to get the two-handed dps sword. Instead I keep getting the damn chestpiece. I don't need 7 of the same damn thing. It's bull%^&*.

%^&*ing. Bull#$%^.

Comment by ingway

The most dangerous Sha, and the ruin of the emperor. Take it carefully, and don't be proud!

Comment by Solthurius

Out of curiosity, why aren't the weapons that drop in the raid Sha-touched? It would give a reason to either save the +500 prismatic gem via the LFRs or reacquire another.

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Comment by Vorph

This boss has one of the best voice acting in the game in my opinion. Its deep, rumbling and somehow demonic voice tone actually unique among the other Sha, as well as its nice quotes make him the top Sha enemy encountered during Pandaria expansion (previously Sha of Fear was on the pedestal).

In the end, "it is better than its companions".

Comment by Moon

Comment by KeigaElspeth

Pacman time on Heroic mode!

Comment by Xemit100

u know, something weird happened to my group when i fought this guy. my group was doing pretty well so far in the raid and we all seemed to be getting along, but on this guy, we lost once, then everybody became very arrogant and started kicking people for no reason. call me crazy, but i think that somehow, the group was being subconsciously affected by the sha's battle quotes (blame your companions, you should bow to no king or warchief, etc.) and if blizzard accidentally or intentionally created a boss that brainwashes people in real life, that is the most ingenious thing ever put in a video game (well, u know, not counting psycho mantis from MGS)

Comment by uniqui22

This fight is mainly about the debuffs, dodging crap & understanding what does your own pride does

10 man Heroic approach

Debuffs & what to do with them:

Gift of the Titans

Hug the other gifts, just run on the axe behind the boss & if all 3 people ( one healer/two dps ) manages to meet there, you will gain Power of the Titans.

Power of the Titans

Increases your damage, healing & haste by 15% for 15 seconds. The buff does refresh every 1 second as long as you are within 8 yards of other people with Gift of the Titans.

This means that if you get your Gift of the Titans & other people are 8 yards within your range, you get 15 seconds of the Power of the titans and as the Power of the Titans is expiring, you can refresh it by hugging other people with the Gift once more, just for a second and you gain another 15 seconds.

Now, since with the Gift of the Titans you are immune to any pride effects, you can literally go & hug the axe, stand still for 30 seconds and nuke/heal through the possible damage you could get from Rifts which were not closed.

Weakened Resolve

There will be random rifts ( small white things on the ground ) & when you walk over them, you will get this debuff, meaning that you cannot close another rift for 60 seconds.

It is priority number one to close them, because if you do not close them, they will randomly shoot on people anywhere and those people will have to move a lot to dodge it ( loosing dps etc ) or they will get hit by the thing they shoot, gain pride and take unnecessary damage.

Mark of Arrogance

If you get this & you have any way to remove it on your self, do so, do NOT wait for healer to dispel it. They gain pride ( unless Gifted ) The spells & ways to remove the debuff follows.

Of course you can just single target dispel it, but do not wait for healers to carry you if you can do it your self.

If the people who got the Mark of Arrogance did not remove it them self, then dispel it ( no matter if you have the Gift of the Titans or not ), because you will not reach a moment where you would get mind controlled due to Swelling Pride hitting you @ 100 pride.

It will reset at 30%, but if you do not get rid of the Mark of Arrogance fast, then people might get nearly one shotted if it comes with other abilities.

Corrupted Prison

When people get in the prison, you of course free them ( by stepping at the Orange buttons on the ground ) you free them FAST ! But as you can see it deals damage, hence also heal them. Most of the personal defensives ( if not all ) cannot be used whilst the people are in the prison, but they can be used when the prison is coming.

Wounded Pride

A debuff placed on the current target ( tank hopefully ), the tooltip is self explanatory. Other tank has to taunt up ( or additionaly you can have one extra DPS with taunt ) taunting for one second right before the debuff is applied. However, since any DPS can get in the prison, it can screw you over.

Understanding the pride:

00-24 pride

Nothing to worry about, just close the damn rifts & hug up with the Gift of the titans

25-49 pride ( Bursting Pride )

When the Swelling pride is cast, move away at least 4 yards from everyone ( it is your responsibility not to hit other people )

50-74 pride ( Projection )

When the Swelling pride is cast, look for a shadowy patch on the ground with green arrow on top of it and go & stand in it.

75-99 pride ( Aura of Pride )

Absolutely a must that you /range 5 and do NOT ever get that near to anyone. However, if you would still get the Gift of the Titans, go 6 yards from the Axe, so you can still get Power of the Titans.

100 pride - It is not over

( Overcome - Good one ) - Your damage & healing done is increased by 50%, which is fine, as long as you do not get hit by the Swelling Pride.

( Overcome - Bad ) If you get hit by swelling pride, you will get mind controlled

Unconfirmed, if you use complete immunity against magic ( Diffuse Magic, Ice Block, Divine Shield etc ), you might not get Mind Controlled

Strategy & Positioning:

Two tanks near the prison that is closer to the entrance, either left side of the boss ( as you entering ) or in front of the boss.

Raid should go directly under the boss, preferably near the prison, hence on the right side of the boss & /range 5 within healing rain or other similar crap.

When u get gift, go on the axe behind the boss, if there is an big add behind, nuke it, stun it, silence it, interrupt it, push it back etc.

People without the gift just ignore that add.

When Self Reflection happens, every DPS completelly ignore the small adds & let one tank to grab them. It gives him active mitigation, probably selfheals & it increases his damage on the boss due to procs gained from Avoidance & due to some little vengeance. The adds do hit for 00.nothing on the tank. Do not slow, freeze, stun the adds, just ignore them

If you see Corrupted Fragment, nuke it down. If you are the one inside, follow simple pattern. You start always at same spot, then run straight , turn left on the gap in the middle, then left once more, straight, collect the yellow orb, turn 180 degrees, run straight, if u reach corner, turn around and run back. You should really be free at that point.

If you see a rift ( white thing on the ground ) & you do not have Weakened Resolve, go & walk over it. With a speedbuff, it should take u no longer then 5 seconds to get there and back, nearly any class, no matter where the rift is.

Simplified:

Hug up near the prison on left, with the Gift of the Titans run to axe behind boss, nuke the add behind you if it is there, tankswap when Wounded Pride is applied, each time you see a Rift & you do not have Weakened resolve debuff, activate your speedbuff, small personal defensive and run over a rift then get back, move away from your spot on Self Reflection, just few yards, then get back, if you got 25+ Pride and Swelling pride is about to hit, move away from everyone with a personal defensive, dont fail on pacman, ignore the small adds, let tank grab them, avoid the shots from the rifts unless you have Gift of the Titans, use all your offensives when Sha is on 30% and start rotating defensives as well.

Comment by step2me

I'm not sure if this is just my guild, but every time we kill the sha, 1 tier chest always drops, be it protector, conqueror, or vanquisher. Can anyone else confirm this or is this just pure luck? and if this DOES happen, would this happen with all the others? Like Nazgrim, Thok, Blackfuse, Paragons, and Garrosh?

Comment by DorianFyre

Lore information on the Sha for those of you who haven't been reading the quests :)

The Sha originated from the death of an Old God, Y'Shaarj, who was confirmed to be dead in earlier MoP, although we seem to since have learned otherwise in Patch 5.3 interviews and of course, Patch 5.4 where his still beating heart was discovered. In his dying breath he cursed Pandaria with a strange energy - but a pale shadow of his true self, the source of the Sha, and it lay dormant for thousands of years.

For a time there were onlyy six known 'main' Sha, though there were seven heads of Y'Shaarj, and similarly the tale is known as the Seven Burdens of Shaohao. This lead to speculation that there was another Sha somewhere. David Kosak, however, said in a But Wait, There's Lore! interview that the number seven was just something they used as a 'cool storytelling number'.

However, it turns out that there is indeed a Seventh Sha (perhaps he just didn't want to give it away just then), and the reason we haven't heard about it until now is because Shaohao never managed to defeat it - so of course, it never went down in the history books!

Pride was the Sha that the last emperor never defeated - "I thought we were better than the rest of the world, that we could solve our own problems." Seems like Shaohao is returning in some way in 5.4 to help remedy this. Who better to help seal away the Sha?

The information about Y'Shaarj is not widely known knowledge as far as we know, lorewise - only Klaxxi have shown they are aware of it. Furthermore, awareness of the Sha's existance isn't known to most of Pandaria's native residents, even the pandaren - who exclaim surprise and confusion at the mention or appearance of the Sha in many many quests. This is probably because the Sha haven't had reason to surface for a long time, as Pandaria has been very peaceful. Now that we're there, though, all havoc is breaking loose!

When Shaohao, the Last Emperor of Pandaria, fought his own fears, anger, hatred, doubts and so on - and defeated each Sha that resulted from each of those emotions (a temple situated at the sight of each battle) and buried the Sha beneath Pandaria, they began feeding off every harsh word, doubtful thought, hateful expression, waiting. This is why some Sha have greater control in different regions of Pandaria. The August Celestials knew the Sha would eventually be released, and that is why they train their monks in a certain style to deal with the specific Sha buried under their temple.

Sha of Anger - Defeated and buried at the sight of the Temple of the White Tiger located in Kun Lai.

Sha of Despair - Defeated and buried at the sight of Temple of the Red Crane located in the Krasarang Wilds.

Sha of Doubt - Defeated and buried at the Temple of the Jade Serpent located in the Jade Forest.

Sha of Fear - Defeated and buried at the current sight of the Niuzao Temple located in the Townlong Steppes. This Sha also has corrupted the majority of the Mantid, including Grand Empress Shek'zeer.

Sha of Hatred - Defeated and buried at the sight of the Temple of the White Tiger located in Kun Lai.

Sha of Violence - Defeated and buried at the sight of the Temple of the White Tiger located in Kun Lai. At some point he is imprisoned by the Shado-Pan, he is eventually freed from his cage and defeated.

In Patch 5.4, the Sha of Pride was revealed. Shaohao neglected to defeat his pride by shrouding Pandaria in the mists, thinking they were better than the rest of the world. Ultimately, Shaohao came to realise this mistake and passes on wisdom to the adventurers that proud races must admit they need help and learn to work together. "All that stands in our way.. is Pride."

Garrosh's arrogance was the last straw needed to unleash the Sha of Pride, which is said to be far more dangerous than the others combined - perhaps simply due to it's nature, or because it was undefeated by Shaohao, or both.

What did the Sha do in Pandaria?

The pandaren people knew that the Sha thrived on negative emotions and so they developed their culture and society to be more easygoing, joyful and humble. This is essentially why the pandaren became the happy, care-free folk we know. Though it has been so many years of generation after generation being raised to be happy and forgiving that the reason why was eventually forgotten; it seems many pandaren think the Sha are just bedtime stories for children. This is more noticable in south-eastern Pandaria, as the further west you go, the more of an effect the Sha seem to have had on Pandaria.

With the Alliance and Horde suddenly landing on Pandaria, the Sha have had large amounts of negative energy to feed off. Because the Sha are phyical manifestations of negative emotions, the more emotion there is, the stronger they become. The Sha of Fear is a testament to the fear experienced by every person standing on Pandaria soil; with all the warring the Horde and Alliance have caused and the fear experienced by each side and those caught in the middle, it's no wonder the Sha has has grown to such powerful influence. The Sha of Fear used it's influence to corrupt and warp the mind of the Grand Empress of the Mantid, making her strength his own.

This is the reason behind the mantid raiding the Serpent's Spine ten years early (normally it's every hundred years or so). This early invasion is the reason why the yaungol have tried fleeing Townlong into Kun Lai - and the combined assault of Yaungol and Mantid on the wall catches the Shado-Pan off-guard,. Whilst the Sha of Doubt and Despair target Yu'lon and Chi-Ji, the Sha of Hatred targets Taran Zhu, head of the order most capable of defeating it - which is perhaps also a testament to his strength if the Sha can also infect god-like beings such as the Celestials.

The release of the Sha of Pride destroyed the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, nothing short of sacred ground for the pandaren people - and corrupted its powerful waters. The run-off of these waters into the Valley of Four Winds created the most fertile farmland in the world, hence why it was known as Pandaria's Breadbasket. Obviously this has long term ramifications as the Vale will take a long time to heal.

However, with the Sha of Pride beaten, and Garrosh defeated, the heart's power is expended, and the source of the Sha energy on Pandaria is severed. In time, the Sha will cease to exist.

Comment by nomnoms

"I would think the Sha of Pride would be rainbow colored..."-Quoted from a member of my guild

Comment by Mugtra

Sha of Pride should now be rainbow colored as of 6/26/2015

Comment by Frogspoison

In order to solo, duo, or even trio the Sha of Pride, you have to kill him before the first Prisons, on every difficulty, including LFR.

Comment by lycanthropic

Still unable to solo this guy as ilvl 802 BM hunter. Can't burn him fast enough before he traps me and then that's him slowly sucking the life out me. Any tips? And yes, I already know someone will have to say, "get gud?".

UPDATE - Easily burned him down today with 846 ilvl. 10/20/2016

Comment by Vaerex

Managed to solo 10man heroic as an 832 ilvl Arms Warrior.

Didn't do anything fancy, just charged in and popped Battle Cry and Colossus Smash then proceeded to smack him around until he hit 30% and switched to "Unleashed".

This was after a few failed attempts in Protection and Fury (slightly lower ilvls).

Comment by guishir

10H is doable on a BM hunter (ilvl 827) without too much trouble, but a couple of pointers:

Speed is important, not survivability. The Sha doesn't hit too hard until he imprisons you, at which point you're probably not gonna get him down the last 30% with only your pet(s), so use a DPS specced pet. I started with my tank and found that too slow. Pop all cooldowns you've got. My DPS isn't generally that impressive, so I should think most people can manage it. I'd guess this would apply to any class, since it's all about the burst power.

I tried trinkets to get out of the prison, but nothing works. Once you're stuck you're stuck, so you need to blast him down to 25% as soon as possible - at that point he'll cast Unleashed and no longer cast Imprison, so you can take your time and finish him off.

Comment by szemere

Just solo'd him on Mythic as an Enhancement Shaman, requires a great amount of DPS/gear though. I went with the current popular spec but with Ascendance (Boulderfist+Hailstorm+Tempest). As you always get pride immunity, the main DPS check is pushing 30% before the "Banishment" cast, which will port you to the spirit realm, and reset the fight. The fight past 30% is relatively trivial.Current gear for solo was 883 ilvl and 907 artifact, did use food and pot, didn't flask.

Comment by Tylai

Just soloed mythic Sha as an 875 guardian druid. Being a tank, banishment is cast but doesn't do anything. During wounded pride, run away so he uses reaching attack; it still ups your pride, but not as fast as if you were in melee range. While I did hit 100 pride, he didn't cast swelling pride before I got him to 30%, so I was never MC'd and my pride was reset.

Comment by artog

First banish is cast about 38 sec into the encounter (for me anyway across multiple attempts) and you need to get the boss to 30% before that happens. This means that you need to do 22.47 million damage in that time frame, or rather have an average of about 600k dps during those 38 sec to beat the timer.

Comment by ZombieEris

110 Elly Shammy 801 10nBlasted him down. Got the buff and was able to get him to 30%- 50% with that on, Then thats when i used my art weap ability which increases lighting bolt/chain lightings damage, and he was toast.

Will update when I solo more difficulties.

Comment by sweboy99

To make him spawn and start the encounter, you need to kill all the small adds (shas) in the room first.

Comment by dle0105

Soloed Mythic as 865 Blood DK:

Banishment and Imprison don't seem to do anything when you're a tank. So, after a few attempts at running out of melee for Wounded Pride (as suggested by others), I found that it was MUCH easier to just cap my pride ASAP and use my pot, drums, etc as soon as I transformed with Overcome. Doing that gave me enough damage to burst him down to 30% before he cast Swelling Pride (failing to do so will mind control you and reset the fight), at which point he transformed be back to normal. Then, I was pretty much immediately Overcome again and then just killed him with the damage buff.

Comment by CCwow

Solo tip: You have to specc as tank, otherwise you'll get banished and the boss resets.

Comment by Kurasu

You don't have to spec as a tank in order to solo this. You just need to make sure that you are the individual with the main aggro.

In other words, make sure that when his banish CD is up, you are the person with all the aggro. Hunters and other pet specs, in particular, need to make sure that they're the one with the highest aggro.

With high enough gear, you can burn him down fast enough to not get nuked by Swelling Pride as a DPS spec; just make sure that you have the healing to handle his beating and don't spare the adds too much.

Comment by Jeolene

While out and about today, I thought I'd finally go and test some things with Immerseus in SoO, you can read about it on his page. I did manage to take Pride down on mythic as an ilvl 889 BM hunter. Only buffs I had were Defiled Augment Rune and the old Oralius' Whispering Crystal. I did have some help from Tirathon's Betrayal, only ilvl 880 and Titanstrike has all the main talents filled with three points in the new talents (forgive me for forgetting the name). Legendary gear includes The Shadow Hunter's Voodoo Mask and The Mantle of Command which has this awesome ability that allows you to use Dire Beast twice (though, I am working on a new rotation from Icy Veins that does away with Dire Beast, but that's for later).

Don't let my setup be a base, your mileage may vary depending on gear and skill, but I am happy to show that it is possible without being over 900 ilvl :D

Comment by Pinkpaw

Mytich: Havoc DH 893. Specced tank to avoid imprisonment but i became overcomed by pride and fight resettet. Tried as a dps and thats a no go cus i got imprisoned and fight resettet. So tried again as a tank and just ran like a retard around him, dont know if this did it or not but i got him down.

Comment by Babytoes

Guis if you are here because you are farming the mythic Shield of Mockery. I suggest you put your faith in it dropping from Malkorok (Visage of the Monstrous). I dual boxed Sha like 10 times with no drop. I did Malkorok and on the 2nd kill it dropped. There is some confusion on this shield. If you look at the wowhead shield guide it claims it's a "zone drop". Yet the appearances in your collections says Sha drops it. ? GL with your mog farms...

Comment by drth308

Just Solo'ed as BM at 901. Augment rune,food and flask. Pet on ferocity. Able to burn him down before he could imprison.

Comment by Fuzzyknight

Once again, as of 7.3.5. with the new scaling changes, it looks like this boss will no longer be solo-able (for a great majority of players) on Mythic. He now has 141 million HP in mythic mode, meaning you have to sustain roughly 4 million DPS for a straight 40 seconds before Sha will cast the first banish, which will reset the fight.

Comment by BlacKYYYEaglE

20-Myth - Soloed as Elemental Shaman with about 3.5M burst DPSused the gamblebuild with extremely good proccs (83% ascendance uptime)

Edit: Thank god they fixed the HP

Comment by itsnotemy

The new patch today (1/19/18) lowered his health by 32% The DPS required to get him to 30% before BANISH is about 1mil burst which is easily done by MOST classes. Only class I struggled with is Shadow Priest since they ramp up slower

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Tooltips and dungeon journal reflect ability values for one encounter version. Please refer to "Effect" section on spell pages to see values for all raid sizes and difficulties.

Overview
– Players gain 5 Pride when hit by any ability from the Sha of Pride or its minions, though Norushen periodically protects several players at a time from this effect. The Sha of Pride's abilities trigger increasingly dangerous effects on players the more Pride they have. When the Sha of Pride reaches 30% health remaining, it destroys Norushen, who purifies the raid of their Pride with his final action. From that point, players must defeat the Sha before their Pride overwhelms them.

Damage Dealers
– Quickly defeat Manifestations of Pride and interrupt their [Mocking Blast] to avoid gaining Pride.When allies are trapped by [Corrupted Prison], stand on the locks beside the prison to free them.If your Pride is between 50 and 74 when the Sha casts [Swelling Pride], stand in your nearby [Projection] to prevent a raidwide explosion.

Tanks
– Immediately taunt the Sha whenever your fellow tank if afflicted by [Wounded Pride].When allies are trapped by [Corrupted Prison], stand on the locks beside the prison to free them.If your Pride is between 50 and 74 when the Sha casts [Swelling Pride], stand in your nearby [Projection] to prevent a raidwide explosion.

Pride

Players start the encounter with 0 points of Pride. Whenever hit by an ability from the Sha of Pride or one of its minions, players gain 5 Pride.As a player's Pride increases to 25, 50, 75 and 100, Swelling Pride will inflict additional effects on that player.

Gift of the Titans
– Norushen periodically grants players immunity to Pride for 20 sec. In addition, if all players with Gift of the Titans stand within 8 yards of each other, they gain Power of the Titans.

Power of the Titans
– If all players with Gift of the Titans stand within 8 yards of each other, they gain Power of the Titans for 15 sec.Power of the Titans increases haste and all damage and healing done by 15%.

Swelling Pride
– When the Sha of Pride reaches 100 energy, it releases a wave of dark energy, inflicting 795 Shadow damage to all players, giving them 5 Pride.In addition, Swelling Pride will trigger a secondary effect on any player with 25 or more Pride.

Bursting Pride
– When Swelling Pride hits a player that has 25 to 49 Pride, it creates a mass of Sha corruption at their location. After 3 seconds, the corruption explodes, inflicting 681 Shadow damage to all players within 4 yards.Any player damaged by this explosion gains 5 Pride.

Projection
– When Swelling Pride hits a player that has 50 to 74 Pride, a projection forms 15 yards from their current location. Projections explode after 6 seconds, inflicting 511 Shadow damage to all players, unless the projection's creator is standing within it.Any player damaged by a projection's explosion gains 5 Pride.

Aura of Pride
– When Swelling Pride hits a player that has 75 to 99 Pride, it afflicts them with Aura of Pride for 25 sec. This effect causes the player to inflict 27 Shadow damage to allies within 4.5 yards every 1 sec.Any player damaged by Aura of Pride gains 5 Pride.

Overcome
– When players reach 100 Pride, they are Overcome, increasing their damage and healing done by 50%.Players hit by Swelling Pride while Overcome are permanently mind controlled and have their health increased by 100%.

Mark of Arrogance
– The Sha of Pride marks 2 players, inflicting 159 Shadow damage every 1 sec, for the remainder of the encounter. This effect stacks.This effect is only removed by single target dispels and gives the dispeller 5 Pride when removed.

Wounded Pride
– The Sha of Pride wounds his current target for 15 sec. Wounded players gain 5 Pride whenever they suffer melee damage from the Sha of Pride.

Last Word
– When a Manifestation of Pride dies, it gives 5 Pride to the 2 closest players.

Self-Reflection
– The Sha of Pride causes up to 5 players to reflect on their actions, creating a Reflection of Pride at their location. With each tick of Self-Reflection, the Sha focuses on players with higher levels of Pride, only targeting those with 25, 50, and then 75 Pride.

Reflection
– Reflections explode out of the ground at a player's location after 2 sec, inflicting 568 Shadow damage to all players within 2 yards.Any player damaged by this explosion gains 5 Pride.

Corrupted Prison
– The Sha of Pride activates 2 titan prisons, trapping a player inside each. As the prison activates, it releases a burst of Sha energy that inflicts 568 Shadow damage to all players within 12 yards, knocking them back and giving them 5 Pride.Imprisoned players are stunned, suffer 182 Shadow damage, and gain 5 Pride every second while they remain imprisoned. Players remain stunned until all titan locks surrounding the prison have been activated. Titan locks are activated by having a player stand within the lock's rune and remain there until the prison is deactivated.

Banishment
– The Sha of Pride banishes random players to the corrupted Sha Realm. Banished players leave behind a physical form of their pride and remain banished until it is destroyed.Players within the Sha realm move 50% faster and are compelled to continually run forward, unable to stop. Additionally, coming into contact with corruption within the Sha realm inflicts 95 Shadow damage every second.Any player damaged by the Sha realm gains 5 Pride.

Orb of Light
– Orbs of Light form within the corrupted Sha realm that heal players for 50% of the maximum health and weaken their corrupt image left behind in the corporeal world. Each orb increases the physical form's damage taken by 25%. This effect stacks.

Ethereal Corruption
– Ethereal Corruption lurks within the corrupted Sha realm, instantly killing any player it comes into contact with.

Unstable Corruption
– The Sha's energy tears open Rifts of Corruption every 8 sec. Each rift launches a bolt of corruption at a random player's location every 5 sec. Players struck by the bolts suffer 95 Shadow damage and gain 5 Pride.Players can close the rifts, causing them to explode, inflicting 68 Shadow damage to all players within 8 yards.Closing a rift afflicts players with Weakened Resolve, preventing them from closing another rift for 1 min.

Reaching Attack
– The Sha of Pride strikes at a distant target, inflicting 50% of weapon damage as Shadow and increasing Shadow damage taken by 25% for 8 sec. The Sha uses this ability when no targets are in melee range.

Unleashed
– When the Sha of Pride reaches 30% health remaining, it becomes Unleashed. With its unleashed power, the Sha focuses on Norushen, instantly killing him.The remaining power of the unleashed Sha inflicts 557 Shadow damage every 10 seconds for the remainder of the encounter. Players gain 5 Pride each time they are damaged by Unleashed.

Final Gift
– As Norushen dies, he purifies all players, reducing their Pride to zero.